Normal behaviour?

[patsyking]

I know Chile roses are known for not moving about much but mine has stayed in her hide now for three days and not come out at all. She was offered food before she went in there but just killed it and took it to the end of her tank and dumped it. She is turning around now and again in the hide but not coming out. She hasn't built a web or anything or look any different but I was wondering if this is normal behaviour to stay there for so long.

[James Box]

more than normal! i had a rosea sit in her hide for months. she didn't touch food, either.

[patsyking]

Thanks James. I'm not worried now that I know its ok what she is doing.

[Tom Forman]

3 days? That is nothing. My first baby T decided to make a burrow and did not show itself for a whole month.

One reason why I couldn't stop myself getting some more lol.

I am amazed at how differnt some species are to each other. Some love hiding, while others love attacking stuff while others just sit there alot. My greenbottle Blue T's are my fav's out of them all just because they don't seem to mind daylight at all and are pretty much out and about all the time.

[patsyking]

Both my daughters have Green Bottle Blues. I too have noticed how they all behave differently as my one daughter has 11 spiders I think it is and the other one has 4. My chile rose came out of her hide, had a good long drink and then went straight back in again. At least I know she is ok now. I can't wait for my baby B.smithi to get a bit bigger but I've been told I'll be waiting years LOL.

[Peter Lacey]

My G. rosea tucked herself away in her burrow and blocked the entrances around Christmas, she molted nearly 2 weeks ago but hasn't come out or eaten since then. I put a very lively cricket in her enclosure for a day, it lay on its back and kicked like crazy but it didn't attract the rosea, so I removed it yesterday. I can see her in there, she moves, she looks bigger and I'm really tempted to lift the bark and make sure she has an exit, but I'm resisting.

[Andrew Murdoch]

Hey Patsy

I have a B. smithi, when I got it it was pretty small. It looked great though. Its markings were there and I was happy to have my first T. I wanted everything to be just right for it. Got a viv with inch substrate and all the gubbins.
I rarley saw it as I have deepish substrate and it spends lots of time underground. I noticed it put strands of silk at the entrance of the burrow but it was not totally blocked up, in any case it molted, then it went into landscaper mode and made the burrow bigger for its needs, it tossed its old skin out too!
again I rarley saw it but when I did it was bigger and looked great. Again the same thing happened a few weeks later, another molt, I was able to see it molt this time, even though it was in the burrow housing, well I had a limited view. It hid out for a while and I rarley saw it. This was not long ago when this happened, say three weeks. Then one morning when I got out of bed I glanced over to do some things around about where I keep my T's and I did not even pay attention to my B smithi housing, but it was sitting out in the open, wow, it was great, great colours, shiney black abdomen, sort of fluffy-hairy legs! And it was eating like a beast! Bigger too! Not fully grown, a long way to go, but it was great to see anyways.
It is very skittish though, a slight bump and all you see is a flash of black and orange.
Even though I dont see my T too much, it is worth the wait when i do.
Patsy, you keep on keeping on.

[patsyking]

Thank you Peter and Andrew for your replies. As I said earlier I'm not too concerned about my chile now that she has had a drink and off her food. She's gone off her food before. I don't know when she moulted last but her abdomen doesn't look like she is coming up for one anyway.

Thats great about your little B.smithi Andrew. I can't wait for some colours to come on mine. He has the black marking on his abdomen but that's about it. He is so tiny, about the size of my thumbnail I would say, or even a tiny bit smaller. He was out of his hide yesterday and last night I saw him in his hide munching on the pinhead cricket I gave him.

I will keep on with him. I'd be devestated if anything happened to him. I keep looking each day to see if he has moulted as my daughters one who is just as tiny ate one day and moulted two days after. He hasn't madea burrow though.